Cenxi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Cenxi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cenxi plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Cenxi peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Guangxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cenxi's incremental SNDi fell from 4.83 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cenxi ranked 59th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1692nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in China
- 1556th of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 48th of 63
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.74
- Rank in China
- 1692nd of 1843
- Rank in Guangxi
- 59th of 63
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Taishan, China
- Lianjiang, China
- Lanxi, China
- Qufu, China
- Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
- Pangkalpinang, Indonesia
While Taishan and Qufu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Cenxi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Taishan and Qufu both became progressively more disconnected, while Cenxi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.